DENVER (AP) — Colton Sissons got his second career hat trick and Colorado had two apparent goals nullified on replay review as the Nashville Predators beat the Avalanche 4-1 Wednesday night.
Ryan Hartman added an empty-net goal with 2:54 left in Nashville's 11th consecutive regular-season victory against Colorado, which has lost four straight overall.
Trailing 2-0, the Avalanche had an apparent goal at 1:29 of the second period waived off after a replay review showed the puck had drifted across the blue line, making it offside. Samuel Girard was straddling the blue line when he passed to Ian Cole, whose shot zoomed into the net past goalie Pekka Rinne only to have it erased after the Predators' challenge was upheld.
A second Avalanche goal was disallowed, on a shot by Colin Wilson, with 12:33 remaining in the third following a Predators challenge. Officials took away the score after the replay review, saying the Avs were offside when the play started.
Girard was at the center of the only goal that counted for Colorado, a power-play score. He fired a pass down the middle of the ice that Matt Calvert redirected past Rinne to pull the Avalanche to 2-1 at 7:08 of the second period. The goal was upheld after a replay review.
Nashville rebuilt its lead on the power play. Kyle Turris, off a feed from Kevin Fiala, wristed a shot from inside the right circle that Sisson tipped into the net past goalie Semyon Varlamov for his third of the night at 19:57 of the second.
Sisson got the first two thirds of the hat trick in the first period. At 13:39 of the period, Varlamov stopped a shot from Nick Bonino but the rebound trickled out and Sissons was there with his stick to tap it in.
Four minutes later, Sissons gathered a cross-ice pass from Roman Josi and wristed a shot past Varlamov from in close.
NOTES: Sisson has four multigoal games in his career, including his first hat trick last Jan. 5 against Tampa Bay. ... Avalanche forward Sheldon Dries took a puck off the side of his face late in the first period. He stayed down on the ice stunned for several moments before managing to get up and skate off under his own power. He went to the dressing room for further examination and treatment before returning in the second period. ... It was the first of four meetings this season between the Central Division rivals.
UP NEXT
Predators: Continue their five-game road trip in Dallas on Saturday night.
Avalanche: At the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night.
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